Lt Gen Sarath Chand

In a significant rejig of the Indian Army on Friday, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, who announced the September 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan, assumed the charge of the new Northern Army Commander, replacing Lt Gen Devraj Anbu who took over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff.

In a scathing assessment of the defence budget, a top Army officer has told parliament's standing committee that 68 per cent of the Army's equipment is vintage era and the army's budget isn't enough to pay for even existing projects, let alone fund any immediate modernisation.

In a significant rejig of the Indian Army on Friday, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, who announced the September 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan, assumed the charge of the new Northern Army Commander, replacing Lt Gen Devraj Anbu who took over as the new Vice Chief of Army Staff.

In a scathing assessment of the defence budget, a top Army officer has told parliament's standing committee that 68 per cent of the Army's equipment is vintage era and the army's budget isn't enough to pay for even existing projects, let alone fund any immediate modernisation.